Omicron thrice more contagious, activate war rooms: Centre to states

Asserting that the Omicron variant is at least thrice more transmissible than Delta, the Centre on Tuesday asked states and union territories to 'activate' war rooms, keep analysing even small......

India's Omicron count reaches 220, more states report 1st cases

Jammu and Kashmir and Odisha on Tuesday recorded their first cases of the Omicron variant of COVID as the count of the new strain in 14 states and union territories crossed 200 even as the Centre......

Pak has shown meagre progress against terror financing: Watchgroup

Noting that Pakistan's measures against money laundering and terror financing "is not yet sufficient to justify a re-rating", a regional affiliate of the Financial Action Task Force on Monday......

UP heaves a sigh of relief as verdict day passes peacefully

Uttar Pradesh heaved a sigh of relief on Saturday as the day passed off peacefully amid continued vigil on the law and order situation by authorities after the Supreme Court's verdict on the......

India Inc against staff's religious profiling

The United Progressive Alliance government's proposal requiring public and private sector companies to maintain religious profile of their employees has not gone down well with several corporate......

Tatas' shopping spree: 27 in 6 years!

The Tatas are out shopping again. Since February 2000, the group has acquired as many as 27 companies, both in India and overseas, at a total cost of over Rs 16,000 crore ($3.5 billion)!In the......

Tatas on a hot acquisition trail

For the think tank at Bombay House, the Tata group headquarters, it must be a feeling of deja vu. Six years ago, in February 2000, Tata Tea bought out the world's second largest tea company, Tetley......

Sensex sheds 371 points at close

The markets reversed the four day up trend and took a sharp knock on the back of heavy selling seen in scrips across sectors. The markets were range bound during the initial part of the day but......

Europe's top Olympic official arrested in ticketing probe at Rio Games

Brazilian police arrested Europe's top Olympic official in an early morning raid of his beachfront hotel in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday, in connection with an investigation into ticket touting at......

Ambitious Baku impresses but European Games future remains uncertain

Dancers perform during the Closing Ceremony for the Baku 2015 European Games. Photograph: Paul Gilham/Getty Images for BEGOC The curtain fell on the inaugural European Games on Sunday with the......

Check out the surprise guest at European Games opening ceremony...

Recording artist Lady Gaga attends the Opening Ceremony for the Baku 2015 European Games. Photograph: Jason Merritt/Getty Images Pop star Lady Gaga sang John Lennon's Imagine sitting at a......

Wrestling part of European Games despite Olympic snub

Wrestling officially became part of the inaugural 2015 European Games on Tuesday despite being axed from the 2020 Olympic Games last month by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The sport......

European Games approved after EOC vote

The European Olympic Committee (EOC) voted on Saturday to launch a new European Games multi-sport competition with the first event taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan in 2015. The EOC held a secret......